---
name: "Al Dubin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/al-dubin"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "10 June 1891"
died: "11 February 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-19T22:08:26.189122+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Al Dubin

Composer. Born 10 June 1891 in Zurich. Died 11 February 1945.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 10 June 1891, Zurich
- **Died:** 11 February 1945
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Dubin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180899, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006048/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1419678

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- **HBO Max:** [*42nd Street*](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md) (82)

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## Biography

Al Dubin was a Swiss-born American lyricist and songwriter. Born in Zurich in 1891, he moved to the United States in 1893 and was educated at the Perkiomen Seminary in Pennsylvania. He worked for New York music publishers, served in the US Army during the First World War, and later contributed to Broadway revues and musicals.

Dubin is best known for his long collaboration with composer Harry Warren at Warner Bros. in the 1930s. Their songs featured in films including *42nd Street* (1933), *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933), *Footlight Parade* (1933), *Dames* (1934) and *Gold Diggers of 1935* (1935). He received an Academy Award for the song "Lullaby of Broadway" in 1935.

Dubin died in New York in 1945.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *42nd Street* (1933), Fi1m 82, as Stout Songwriter (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *42nd Street* (2019), Musical
- *42nd Street* (1986), Music
- *Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'* (1948), Lyricist
- *Stage Door Canteen* (1943), as Songs
- *Mr. Dodd Takes the Air* (1937), Lyricist
- *Marked Woman* (1937), Original Music Composer, Lyricist
- *Gold Diggers of 1937* (1936), Lyricist
- *Colleen* (1936), Lyricist
- *Page Miss Glory* (1936), as Songs
- *Shipmates Forever* (1935), Original Music Composer, Lyricist
- *Gold Diggers of 1935* (1935), Lyricist
- *Dames* (1934), Original Music Composer, Lyricist
- *Twenty Million Sweethearts* (1934), Original Music Composer, Lyricist
- *A Very Honorable Guy* (1934), as Al
- *Roman Scandals* (1933), Lyricist
- *Footlight Parade* (1933), Music, Lyricist
- *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933), Original Music Composer, Lyricist
- *42nd Street* (1933), as Stout Songwriter (uncredited) · Original Music Composer, Lyricist — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md)
- *Oh, Sailor, Behave!* (1930), Lyricist
- *Sally* (1930), Lyricist
- *Looney Tunes* (1929), series, Music

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 1944: Best Original Song (nominated), for *We Mustn’t Say Goodbye*
- 1938: Best Original Song (nominated)
- 1936: Best Original Song (won), for *Lullaby of Broadway*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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